That's interesting, Tex. I took ADV 318J in the fall of 1993 and I absolutely hated that class. We had the two most incompetent, assholish TA's I encountered during my years at UT. I wasn't fond of the professor (Murphy), either.
ees.. I'm taking some HOD classes for my minor at Vandy. Took my first one this past semester and liked it pretty well. Definitely a little bit diff than the usual A&S. In a way, I kind of wish I had considered doing a double major more.. with HOD being the other major
I hear ya. I started out as a Marketing major, but after two years, I didn't have the GPA to stay in the School of Business. I switched to Advertising because I didn't want to lose any credits, and, at the time, I was ready to get paid for my work, so I wanted to graduate with a degree as soon as possible. The Advertising dept. at UT was full of inept professors when I went there. Sounds like things haven't changed.
Sadly though, the gap between when you were there and I was there is equal to the gap between when I was there and now. I am OLD. No, wait, YOU'RE old. I'm GETTING old, that's what I meant to say.
Double major -- Broadcast Journalism and Public Relations. Many of the classes overlapped, so doing the double major only took one additional semester. Ended up with lots of journalism internships -- 740AM and Channel 2 Sports. One PR internship -- with the Rockets. Ended up working in television news because I could actually find a full-time job. The hours suck, pay is horrid...but at least I've got the power to determine what people see! I'm not qualified to do a whole heck of a lot more...except maybe work at a zoo. I think the monkeys would be easier to work with than reporters or basketball players....
as for the topic.. currently a major in economics with a minor in managerial studies: leadership and organization where has it taken me? No where yet, but hopefully a job where I can post instead of working like all of you people!
Heh. I went to SHSU too. Overdosed on classes (like 18-22 semester hours a semester and no summers off), swapped as many upper div classes for Liberal arts requirements. "But I've already read all these books, why should I pay money to read them again?" Probably didn't help my GPA, but I think I got more out of school that way. Ended up Photography /History (My specialty was Modern Israel -- which at SHSU meant a lot of independant study with a mentor since it has/had no real ME studies). But I was something like a semester shy of an English degree, and 2 semesters from a journalism degree and rtf degree. What do I do now? I'm a Unix sys admin for edmunds.com, which I worked myself up from after working doing the same stuff for minimum wage while I was at SHSU. Good money but I hate it. If I was really into computers or really into cars it would be cool, but I'm not. I write screenplays and songs when I can find the time and keep threatening to go get a masters in film before I get too old. I also occasionaly do some photography but I haven't shown any in years. The closest real-life applicatin of my degree is designing merchandise in Photoshop for my girlfriend, who is a pin-up artist,and copystanding her oil paintings. Oh, and I started a flamenco guitar class and I'm trying to learn to sing all the old Pedro Infante songs.
I graduated with a major in Finance from SFA--officially. Unofficially, my major was in heavy drinking, and they only gave me a degree to get me out of town. I bartended my way through school After Graduation, I worked as a: bartender at Dave & Busters sales manager at a sleazy rent to own store (God, that's embarassing to admit) corporate trainer for CSC (mainly in their collections/Equifax area) Oil and Gas Landman (best job I ever had) Got my MCSE and worked as desktop support for a few months Worked as consultant for an IT company in Galveston and for the past five years or so, I've worked as an IT consultant on my own.
WMJ, Are you in Information/Network Security? Just wondering, because that's (one of) the things I'm responsible for. Always nice to have additional contacts in this field.
My major was Political Philosophy with a minor in English Literature. It got back in to grad school, where I will start this Fall working on my Master's in English Literature. The thing about a liberal arts degree I love is that it doesn't disqualify you for any job, and in fact makes you more hire worthy because you're easy to train. That said, the specialization of education is really rocking the nation and should be addressed.
AMEN! I actually enjoy doing web development, but all musicians know that their day gig is just a means for making music. I read the other day that the fastest growing segment of the recording industry is the "artist with a day job." Apparently, TONS of indie artists are now releasing records, doing small tours and signing with indie labels while continuing to work regular jobs. Some of them are in other areas of the business or artistic community - recording, production, etc - but a lot are just regular folks who can't make a living in the biz but who want to be serious about playing.
Information security. I designed and implemented the security for this organizations' HR and Payroll systems. I grant users access to what they need to see to do their jobs, and more importantly lock them out of what they don't need to see.
I'm not too old to be an artist, but I'm much too old (and overweight) to be a starving artist! Visit Los Angeles and you'll see a gazillion of them.
My B.S. is in Zoology (from UT Austin). I went to grad school at Baylor college of medicine (not in Waco!) and got a Ph.D. in Immunology. Now I am doing a postdoc in neuroscience, and hope to eventually run my own lab.
Wow - Baylor College of Medicine is a very competitive grad school. (to get into, and to get out of) Congratulations. I've never been as much of a research person as a teaching person... of course, you have to do some, even at the small schools. I'm trying. Seems like none of our equipment works. This may be my downfall... of course, I didn't do a postdoc so I'm asking for it. (Those of you in research, of course, will be much better off financially, especially after your postdoc years.)
I got a BSE (finance) degree with a philosophy major. Went to work for a couple of banks, then bounced around advertising, and now I'm in web development at a pretty cool startup. My own experience? Your major doesn't indicate if you can/cannot be successful at a job, it merely gives you a false sense of security to do it.
I got a B.S. in Business Management.....but then as a hobby started working on a website on the band, KISS, called KISS ASYLUM . It really took off and I really enjoyed web development. Now I work in the digital media department at the Savannah Morning News. I am using my business management skills more and more as I have some people under me....but initailly it was interesting that what I went to college for had NOTHING to do with my current trade. Sometimes I look back on my college days and wonder if it was really worth it to tell you the truth. The farther I go in my job though, the more I see it's value.
